About

Hello! I am Linnea , and I am a multimedia and retired tattoo artist living in Portland, Oregon. I work mostly locally but have done international commission work, and can be found every so often in shows like RAWartists, First Thursdays, and small pop-up shows around my city. My work centralizes around calligraphy, color, functional objects, and personal positionality.

history

My practice focuses on non-traditional lettering surfaces and the idea of embodiment, with these artistic decisions based largely on my technical background in fine arts. I grew up in California and studied techniques in watercolor, charcoal, oil color, and gouache when I was 6 to 10, and then began working with ink and paper structures in my twenties. Along the way, I visited family in Japan where I found my skills for brush lettering and calligraphy, and as I spent countless hours making art with my grandmother, I never felt more drawn to any other field. I was able to explore intermedia techniques and object design at the Oregon College of Art and Craft, and finished my BFA in Intermedia at the Pacific Northwest College of Art. This degree is deeply entwined with my community engagement, using fine art methods to talk about oppression and injustice. I began working with local community centers and collectives in 2020, such as the Q Center, PDX Nonbinary, M.E.R.P., and more, to do design work alongside events coordination and social media management to this day.